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Re:Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Publi... by mvanbaak on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @04:44AM (#43769911)
And how would that new system vendor not become the european equivalent of microsoft? What you describe is exactly that.
Re:Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Publi... by wqaatwt on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @05:01AM (#43770008)
If it’s government owned/controlled it will be much, much worse than Microsoft (purely from the product quality perspective)
Re:Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Publi... by guappa on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @03:15PM (#43775685)
Uh? Why? You think that government employees are genetically stupid?
Re:Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Publi... by wqaatwt on Thursday April 24, 2025 @12:58AM (#43779366)
Companies that don’t have to compete have no incentives to make good products. Especially when high level government officials (i.e. people controlling their funding) are their clients and jot end consumers. Wasting time/resources to make good products under such circumstances would be quite stupid.

Of course same often applies to large enterprise corporation but thankfully at least occasionally they can go bankrupt (which keeps them in line to some extent).

Re:Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Publi... by guappa on Thursday April 24, 2025 @01:58AM (#43779699)
Your religious faith in the perfect market is a dangerous cult. I hope you can seek help at some point.
Re:Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Publi... by wqaatwt on Thursday April 24, 2025 @01:37PM (#43785345)
What perfect market? What is that even supposed to mean..
Re:Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Publi... by constantcrying on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @05:07AM (#43770039)
And?